By winning the Indore Test, Australia has already secured a ticket to play the WTC final. But who will give him a fight in the final to be held in June this year, a decision has to be taken between India and Sri Lanka.
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Delhi: It would have been better for Team India if it would have won the Ahmedabad Test match and directly obtained the license to play the WTC final. But, India And from the point at which this Test match between Australia and Australia is standing, the victory of neither Australia nor India is visible. This means that if there is no major upset, then the Ahmedabad Test will remain inconclusive, that is, it will be a draw. Now the question is that if this test is drawn then what will be its effect on the equation of WTC final?
By winning the Indore Test against India, Australia has already secured a ticket to play the WTC final. But who will give him a fight in the final to be held in June this year, a decision has to be taken between India and Sri Lanka. Both the teams have their own equations to play the WTC finals.
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WTC Final Ticket Equation
If India plays a draw or loses in the Ahmedabad Test, then in that case it will have to depend on the results of the ongoing Test series between Sri Lanka vs New Zealand.
Sri Lanka will have to clean sweep the 2 test series against New Zealand to go to the WTC final. But, if he does not do this and New Zealand wins a single match against him or the Test series ends in a draw, then in that condition the Sri Lankan team will be out of the race and India will get the ticket for the WTC final.
Current Status of WTC Points Table
Australia’s team is at the top of the points table of the World Test Championship. And, because of this, it has also become the first team to qualify for the finals. Australia has won 11 matches, lost 3 and drawn 4 in the current WTC cycle. And his winning percentage is 68.52.
At the same time, India is at number two in the WTC points table. He has won 10 matches so far, lost 5 and played 2 draws. While his winning percentage is 60.29. South Africa is currently at number three with 55.56 percent. At the same time, Sri Lanka is currently in fourth place with 53.33 win percentage.
If you want to play the final, then it is necessary to be in the top two.
Now it is necessary to be in the top 2 to reach the final of the World Test Championship. Earlier the ranking was decided on the basis of points. But this time in WTC it will be decided according to the winning percentage. And, if Sri Lanka wins the Test series against New Zealand by 2-0 and the Ahmedabad Test ends in a draw, then the Sri Lankan team will directly reach the finals. But if Sri Lanka wins 1-0 and the Indian team loses by not playing a draw in Ahmedabad, it will still reach the final.
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